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mans inhumanity to man ?
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allegedly, via news channels tonight, the syrian troops refused entry to the red cross to enter Homs !how awful ?
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//Mans Inhumanity To Man ?//
I came to the conclusion long ago that the term 'humanity' is too broadly defined. While I embrace diversity, those who have abandoned rationality, through the initiation of force, have by definition evicted themselves from what it means to be human. War is an inevitable consequence of the inability to distinguish men from monsters and to form an overwhelming coalition to defend each other from the initiation of force to achieve a consensus of what is, in our capacity as humans, in our mutual best interest.
The inhumane, by definition, falls outside of the scope of what it means to be human. To know when that line has been crossed is to understand what disqualifies those who have stepped over that line membership within humanity and from any reasonable expectation of be treated as such.
I came to the conclusion long ago that the term 'humanity' is too broadly defined. While I embrace diversity, those who have abandoned rationality, through the initiation of force, have by definition evicted themselves from what it means to be human. War is an inevitable consequence of the inability to distinguish men from monsters and to form an overwhelming coalition to defend each other from the initiation of force to achieve a consensus of what is, in our capacity as humans, in our mutual best interest.
The inhumane, by definition, falls outside of the scope of what it means to be human. To know when that line has been crossed is to understand what disqualifies those who have stepped over that line membership within humanity and from any reasonable expectation of be treated as such.
It's a graphic and despicable demonstration of the depths to which human beings can plumb. Bashar al-Assad is a dictator, as was his father.
Dictators, by definition, rule with absolute power and absolute authority. When any one person is granted (or seizes) such power, they invariably abuse it. Dictators are gods in their own minds. They rule without opposition and demand unquestioning obedience from their people. As such, their capacity for rational thought, the rule of international law and even empathy is anathema to them.
Assad cares not one jot for the people in Homs – be they indigenous men women or children or foreign nationals of any colour or creed. To him, they are simply a problem that needs to be erased.
Dictators, by definition, rule with absolute power and absolute authority. When any one person is granted (or seizes) such power, they invariably abuse it. Dictators are gods in their own minds. They rule without opposition and demand unquestioning obedience from their people. As such, their capacity for rational thought, the rule of international law and even empathy is anathema to them.
Assad cares not one jot for the people in Homs – be they indigenous men women or children or foreign nationals of any colour or creed. To him, they are simply a problem that needs to be erased.
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